Badge



` s. c. GRoscHEL ET Al. 2,107,698

l 'i' BADG Filed oct. 23, 195s Inventor;

Attorney 'Patented Feb. 8,1938

UN'iTED STATES PATENT orties BADGE Sidney C. Groeschel and Aaron G. Dawson,

Columbia, S. C.

Application October 23, 1935, Serial No. 46,376

1 Claim.

)ur invention relates generally to badges, and particularly to a badge having orrforming a watertight compartment and especially adapted to be worn by` huntersto carry hunting license records, matches, etc. safely and conveniently and an important object of the invention is to provide an attractive and rugged device of this character which can be produced at relatively low cost.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a badge of the character indicated whose water-tight compartment is transparent for exy 'v posing the license card or button or plate therein.

yOther important objects of our invention will ,v be; apparent from a reading of the following description in connection with the drawing, wherein for purposes of illustration we have shown a preferred embodiment of In the drawing: Figure 1 is a frontelevational view of the embodiment Showing the use of an opaque front. yligure2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken therethrough showing the use of a transparent front on the badge made of celluloid or the like;

. Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral '5 generally designates the body of the badge which is annular in form and includes the side wall 6 having at its outer end the outwardly turned hook flange 1, the inner end of the wall 6 Vbeing extended radially inwardly in a flange our invention.

' .8 which has its radially inward edge bent right v f angularly backwardly as indicated by the numera] 9 and then turned over to form a bead I0. Both the hoo-k ilange I and the bead I0 act as reyinforcements and add to the rigidity of the body 5 besides performing other functions to be K touched upon herein.

The interior of vthe body 5 is the carrying spaceof the badgefor holding and carrying the license'certicate or button and any other small articles which the hunter may wish toI carry therein, and the front of the body 5 is closed by a transparent or translucent or opaque disk II having an inturned hook ilange I2 at its circum- Vferential edge arranged to engage and snap behind the hook flange l on the body 5, so as to securely assemble the window II on the front of vthe body 5.A In the cases of transparent or translucent disks, the material may be Celluloid, while in the case of an opaque disk, metal covered with celluloid is preferred.

A removable closure I3 .is provided for securely closing the opening dened by the bead IB and the flangeV 8, and this closure comprises the disk (Cl. l0-1.5)

portion I4 which has a substantially right angular lateral flange I5 which terminates at its outer end in a radially outwardly extending substantially right angular flange IS which is doubled under the flange I6 to provide a reinforcing stop to engage the extremity of the bead IU when the closure is in the closed position illustrated in Figure 2. The doubled ange I6 also acts as the means whereby the closure I3 is withdrawn from the said opening. The closure I3 has a friction t in the said opening, engaging forcibly as it does the radially inward side of the bead I0, closely enough to prevent the ingress of Water and dampness into the interior of the body 5. Any suitable type of closure achieving the same or similar results may be substituted for the closure I3. The disk I I equally securely engages the body 5 to prevent ingress of dampness and Water into the interior of the body 5; whereby the contents of the body 5 including the hunters license therein are preserved.

Extending rearwardly from the ange 8 is a rigid arm I1 having a .double eye I 8 at its upper end containingthe pin which has its opposite end pointed as indicated by the numeral 22 and engageable under a hooked detent 23 which is fastened to the ange 8 at a point diametrical.- ly opposite the member I'I. Any practical pin or device to hold the badge to the clothes may be usedr instead. It will be noted that the pin 2I lies close to the back of the closure I3, so that when the pin is passed through the clothing of the hunter in securing the badge in place, the pin will push the material of the clothing against the closure I3 and thereby positively hold the closure in closed position.

Although we have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment of our invention, it is to be denitely understood that we do not desire to limitY the application of the invention thereto, and any change or changes may be made in the materials, and in the structure and arrangement of the parts, within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the subjoined claim.

A badge of the character described, said badge comprisingv an annulus having on its rear edge a radially inwardly extending annular flange with' its radially inward edge defining an access opening, a transparent disk, l'securing means f erally outwardly extending flange on said closure toi accommodate the thickness of the cloth through which the pin is inserted in use and cause the cloth between the pin in closed position and .last-mentioned ange to hold said 5 closure in closed position.

SIDNEY C. GROESCHE AARON G. DAWSON. 

